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Welcome

Introductions

• MQO Research
• Department of Transportation and Infrastructure

Renewal, Government of Nova Scotia

• CBCL Limited Consulting Engineers

Consultation Process

• Presentation by TIR to give an overview of the Highway

Twinning Project to date (5 mins)

• Presentation by CBCL on the Highway Twinning

Feasibility Study (15 mins)

• Individual review of questions (10 mins)
• Round table discussions (20 mins)
• Open dialogue (40 mins)
• Q and A (30 mins)
• Wrap up (5 mins)

Note: Copies of the presentation available upon leaving

Questions

• 1. What is your opinion of the current condition of the

province’s 100-series highways included in the study? (consider safety, traffic congestion, travel time)

• 2. Do you think twinning is the only option to improve the

province’s 100-series highways?

• 3. If twinning is the preferred option to improve the

condition of the 100-series highways, do you support using tolls to twin highways sooner than would

• therwise be possible given our current budget?
• 4. Do you have any other comments or questions?

Nova Scotia Highway Twinning Feasibility Study

Nova Scotia’s Highway System

• 23,000 kilometres of provincial roads and highways
• 4,100 bridges
• 90% of all roads in Nova Scotia are maintained by the

Province

• Nova Scotia has some of the oldest highways and

bridges

Provincial Highway Spending 2016/17

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 Expenses Revenue

Expenditure Versus Revenue ($ millions)

Operations Capital Gas Tax RMV Revenue

$397 Million $367 Million

$200M Highway Construction $197M Summer and Winter Maintenance and Operations $272M Gas Tax $95M Vehicle Registration And License Fees $30 Million Gap

Nova Scotia Highway Construction

Current Highway Projects Under Consideration

Nova Scotia Highway Construction

Need and Demand

$400 Million $2.4 Billion

Amherst Middleton Digby Yarmouth Bridgewater

Halifax

Antigonish Port Hawkesbury Baddeck

Sydney Truro

New Glasgow

Amherst Middleton Digby Yarmouth Bridgewater

Halifax

Antigonish Port Hawkesbury Baddeck

Sydney Truro

New Glasgow

Current Safety Initiatives

• Safety studies on Highways 101,103,104, and 105
• Rumble Strips
• Wider paved shoulders
• Better signage
• Improved guardrails
• Resurfacing rutted sections
• High visibility pavement markings
• Speed feedback signs

Nova Scotia Highway Construction

Current Highway Projects Under Consideration

Nova Scotia Highway Construction

Need and Demand

$400 Million $2.4 Billion

Amherst Middleton Digby Yarmouth Bridgewater

Halifax

Antigonish Port Hawkesbury Baddeck

Sydney Truro

New Glasgow

Amherst Middleton Digby Yarmouth Bridgewater

Halifax

Antigonish Port Hawkesbury Baddeck

Sydney Truro

New Glasgow

Highway Twinning Feasibility Study

Detailed Feasibility Study

Project Summary

Audrey Muir, Project Manager

January, 2017

Study Obje jectives

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ince is is exam aminin ing th the feasib ibili ility of

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twin innin ing 30 300 0 km km

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• f ou
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100-serie ies hig ighways

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the Cob

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ing on

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is wou

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ld resu sult in in th these tw twinned hig ighways bein ing availa ilable decades ear arlie lier th than cou

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ld be ach achie ieved usi sing conventional l ap approaches

Amherst Middleton Digby Yarmouth Bridgewater

Halifax

Antigonish Port Hawkesbury Baddeck

Sydney Truro

New Glasgow

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Hig ighway Corridors Examined

Potentially new highway

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Hwy wy 101 1 - Three ee Mile e Plai ains s to Falmouth, 10.8 8 km Hwy wy 101 1 - Hortonville e to Coldbrook, 23.7 7 km Hwy wy 103 3 - Exit 5 at Tant ntal allon

• n to Exit 12 Bridg

dgew ewat ater er, 68.1 1 km Hwy wy 104 4 - Suther herlan ands s River er to Antigon

• nish

sh, 37.8 8 km Hwy wy 104 4 - Taylors Road to Auld’s Cove, 39.5 km Hwy wy 104 4 - Port Hast sting ngs to Port Hawk wkes esbu bury, 7.0 0 km Hwy wy 104 4 - St. Peter’s to Sydney, 83.9 km Hwy wy 107 7 - Porter’s Lake to Duke Street, Bedford, 33.3 km

Corridors identified Total length = 304.1km

Ca Calc lcula late th the e reven enue e gen enerated by fu futu ture toll

• lls

Esti timate th the cos

• st to
• build

ild tw twin inned high ighways

Summary of Tasks Completed for Study

Safety - examin ine red eductions in in th the e number of

• f colli
• llisions

Ca Calc lcula late/compare range of

• f tolls
• lls req

equired to

• fu

fund tw twin inned high ighways Examination of

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envi vironmen ental l con

• nstraints

Undertake e matrix asses essment of

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each ch cor

• rrid

idor

4

Safety

5

Safety

6

Travel dis istance and travel l tim ime savin ings

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Construction Costs

Cos

• st Estimates

Class C Construction Estimate (+/- -15% to +20%) Total

Corridor Highway Description 1 101 Exit 5 Windsor to West of Exit 8 $131,600,000 2 101 Hortonville to Coldbrook $168,500,000 3 103 Tantallon to Bridgewater $448,000,000 4 104 Sutherland's River to Antigonish $285,100,000 5 104 Taylor Road to Auld's Cove $279,200,000 6 104 Port Hastings to Port Hawkesbury (Major Arterial) $87,100,000 7 104

• St. Peters to Sydney (Major Arterial)

$491,300,000 8 107 Duke Street Bedford to Porters Lake $331,600,000 Total $2,222,400,000

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Con Constr truction Cos Cost

$131,600,000

Corr Corrid idor Len Length

10.8 km

ADT = = Average Dail Daily Traffic Hig Highway 101 101 - Three Mile ile Pl Plain ins to to Falm almouth 14,0 14,000 ADT 9

Corridor

Poss

• ssib

ible Toll

• ll Ra

Range

$0.65 to $1.08

Con Constr truction Cos Cost

$168,500,000

Corr Corrid idor Len Length

23.7 km

Hig Highway 101 101 - Hor Hortonville le to to Col Coldbrook 12,0 12,000 ADT ADT = = Average Dail Daily Traffic 10 10

Corridor

Poss

• ssib

ible Toll

• ll Ra

Range

$1.42 to $2.37

Con Constr truction Cos Cost

$448,000,000

Co Corr rrid idor Len Length

68.1 km

Hig Highway 103 103 - Exit Exit 5 5 at at Tan antall llon to to Exit Exit 12 12 Brid Bridgewater 10,5 10,500 ADT 8,50 8,500 ADT 8,90 8,900 ADT ADT = = Average Dail Daily Traffic 11 11

Corridor

Poss

• ssib

ible Toll

• ll Ra

Range

$4.08 to $6.81

Con Constr truction Cos Cost

$285,100,000

Corr Corrid idor Len Length

37.8 km

Hig Highway 104 104 - Su Suth therlands s Riv River to to Antig igonish 8,00 8,000 ADT ADT = = Average Dail Daily Traffic 12 12

Corridor

Poss

• ssib

ible Toll

• ll Ra

Range

$2.27 to $3.78

Con Constr truction Cos Cost

$279,200,000

Corr Corrid idor Len Length

39.5 km

Highway 104 Taylors Road to Auld’s Cove 8,00 8,000 ADT ADT = = Average Dail Daily Traffic 13 13

Corridor

Poss

• ssib

ible Toll

• ll Ra

Range

$2.37 to $3.95

Con Constr truction Cos Cost

$87,100,000

Corr Corrid idor Len Length

7.0 km

Hig Highway 104 104 - Por

• rt

t Ha Hastin ings s to to Por

• rt

t Ha Hawkesbury 8,00 8,000 ADT ADT = = Average Dail Daily Traffic 14 14

Corridor

Poss

• ssib

ible Toll

• ll Ra

Range

$0.42 to $0.84

Con Constr truction Cos Cost

$491,300,000

Corr Corrid idor Len Length

83.9 km

Hig Highway 104 104 - St. Peter’s to Sydney 2,00 2,000 ADT 3,50 3,500 ADT ADT = = Average Dail Daily Traffic 15 15

Corridor

Poss

• ssib

ible Toll

• ll Ran

Range

$5.03 to $21.81

Con Constr truction Cos Cost

$331,600,000

Corr Corrid idor Len Length

33.3 km

Hig Highway 107 107 - Porter’s Lake to Duke Street, Bedford 15,0 15,000 ADT 13,0 13,000 ADT ADT = = Average Dail Daily Traffic 8,50 8,500 ADT 16 16

Corridor

Poss

• ssib

ible Toll

• ll Ra

Range

$2.00 to $3.33

• We estim

imated future revenue usi sing a range of f toll ll rates betw tween 6 and 10 cents per r kil ilometre

• We esti

timated fu futu ture tr traffic ic volum lumes for r each corr rrid idor usin sing 5 year r inc increments over r th the 30 year li life of f th the projec ject

Proje ject Revenue

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• 1,0

1,027 No Nova Sc Scotia ians su surveyed

• The estimated median toll
• ll rate people

le were will illin ing to

• pay

y was 6 6 ce cents per kil kilometre

“Willingness to Pay” Survey Results

18 18

19 19

Break even toll ll requir ired for each corrid idor

Poor financial viability Good financial viability

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Amherst Middleton Digby Yarmouth Bridgewater

Halifax

Antigonish Port Hawkesbury Baddeck

Sydney Truro

New Glasgow

Crit iteria used for Assessment Matrix

• Sa

Safety

• Traffic volu
• lumes
• Cos

Cost t vs s Revenue

• Travel Tim

ime an and Travel Cos Cost t Sa Savin ings

• En

Environmental Con Concerns

• La

Land Acq cquisitio ion

Ranki king

1st 1st 2n 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 6th th 5th 5th 7th 7th 8th 8th

20 20

Questions

• 1. What is your opinion of the current condition of the

province’s 100-series highways included in the study? (consider safety, traffic congestion, travel time)

• 2. Do you think twinning is the only option to improve the

province’s 100-series highways?

• 3. If twinning is the preferred option to improve the

condition of the 100-series highways, do you support using tolls to twin highways sooner than would

• therwise be possible given our current budget?
• 4. Do you have any other comments or questions?

Next Steps

• Complete 12 public meetings
• Share “What We Heard” document once complete
• Government will carefully review and consider all

comments

Highway Twinning Feedback

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• novascotia.ca/twinning
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Or send us feedback by mail at: Feedback-Highway Twinning NSTIR PO Box 186, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2N2

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